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IM Varun Krishnan

Full name

Varun Krishnan

Born

1/1/1997 (age 27)‎

Place of birth

Federation

United States

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (3 games)

Modern Defense: Standard Line (3 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical Variation (3 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (3 games)

Catalan Opening: Closed (2 games)

Black Pieces

Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (6 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav Defense, Accelerated Move-Order (6 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek Variation (5 games)

Modern Defense with 1.e4 (4 games)

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (3 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Varun Krishnan (2642) Emilia Dylag (2315)	1-0	50	2024
Varun Krishnan (2628) Daniel Rangel (2479)	1-0	47	2024
Varun Krishnan (2642) Ganesh Murugappan (2118)	1-0	27	2024
Varun Krishnan (2631) Aram Hakobyan (3025)	1-0	74	2024
Varun Krishnan (2629) Gabriela Antova (2307)	1-0	44	2024
Varun Krishnan (2341) Glenn Kaplan (1646)	1-0	31	2024
Varun Krishnan (2341) Zhuoyuan Wu (1590)	1-0	23	2024
Varun Krishnan (2341) Andrew Guo (1987)	1-0	63	2024
Varun Krishnan (2341) Sebastian Suarez (1691)	1-0	26	2024
Varun Krishnan (2610) Broderick Kenneth Bauml (2403)	1-0	58	2024

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